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+((nil
+  . ((eval . (progn (add-to-list 'load-path (project-root (project-current)))
+		    (require 'helpers)
+		    (add-hook 'before-save-hook #'hangul-convert-buffer-to-jamo))))))
diff --git a/helpers.el b/helpers.el
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+(defun hangul-syllables-to-jamo (str)
+  "Convert HANGUL SYLLABLES characters in STR to their HANGUL JAMO
+equivalents."
+  (let ((result "")
+	(i 0))
+    (while (< i (length str))
+      (let ((char (aref str i)))
+	(if (and (>= char #xAC00) (<= char #xD7A3))
+	    ;; Hangul syllable
+	    (let* ((code (- char #xAC00))
+		   (lead (/ code (* 21 28)))
+		   (medial (/ (% code (* 21 28)) 28))
+		   (final (% code 28))
+		   (lead-jamo (+ #x1100 lead))
+		   (medial-jamo (+ #x1161 medial))
+		   (final-jamo (if (> final 0) (+ #x11A7 final) nil)))
+	      (setq result
+		    (concat result (char-to-string lead-jamo)
+			    (char-to-string medial-jamo)
+			    (if final-jamo (char-to-string final-jamo) ""))))
+	  ;; Not a Hangul syllable
+	  (setq result (concat result (char-to-string char)))))
+      (setq i (1+ i)))
+    result))
+
+(defun hangul-convert-region-to-jamo (beg end)
+  (interactive "r")
+  (replace-region-contents
+   beg end (lambda ()
+	     (hangul-syllables-to-jamo (buffer-substring (point-min)
+							 (point-max))))))
+
+(defun hangul-convert-buffer-to-jamo ()
+  (interactive)
+  (hangul-convert-region-to-jamo (point-min) (point-max)))
+
+(require 'dash)
+
+(defconst gf-hangul/choseong
+  (cl-loop for i from #x1100 to #x1112 collect i))
+
+(defconst gf-hangul/jungseong
+  (cl-loop for i from #x1161 to #x1175 collect i))
+
+(defconst gf-hangul/batchim
+  (cl-loop for i from #x11a8 to #x11c2 collect i))
+
+(defun gf-hangul/make-pattern (name seq)
+  (format "'%s' : pattern Str = #(%s) ;"
+	  name (->> seq
+		    (--map (concat "\"" it "\""))
+		    (-interpose " | ")
+		    (apply #'concat))))
+
+(provide 'helpers)